English: do while carrying
Bundjalung: -ndi/-nda
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -ndi  
Comment: Not strongly attested in Bj or Ny, but cf babinda- light a fire, probably babin-ndi/-nda waygundima-, wayga(n)-ndi-ma- 'cause to be over' (M).
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv waikundima put on , bobbinda light a fire
Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn janda 'go' , babinda- light a fire;
Example:

Bundjalung : Yanda (poss Yandeh) wuya ngaya barin.gu. (from Bj:Holm:Ferg)

English: 'You go and fetch me bread.' (i.e. you go carrying bread for me)


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